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This dissertation was written as part of the MSc in Environmental Management and
Sustainability at the International Hellenic University.
Onitsha is a commercial city on the bank of river Niger in south-eastern part of Nigeria
and a big commercial hub in that region. It is allegedly known to be the city with the
biggest market in the whole of west Africa. Over several years, because of the existence
of governmental policies and legislations that favours local and international businesses
in the state, there have been a great influx of businessmen and businesswomen from all
over the world visiting and investing in Onitsha. Economically and developmentally, the
benefit is no doubt overwhelming. However, this comes with quite some societal and
environmental negative effect. One is solid waste. Hence, the goal of this thesis work is
to examine and analyse the existing solid waste management resources and strategies
in Onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria; it also studies the classes of waste generated, how
are generated waste disposed and treated in the city; examination of the factors
militating against effective and sustainable solid waste management in the city and at
the end suggest appropriate possible measures to tackle the existing challenges and
problems. To fully understand the status, the theory of planned behaviour was applied
to see how the residents reacts to certain opinion about solid waste management in the
city.

The International Hellenic University (IHU) was established in October 2005 by Law No. 3391 and is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The IHU is Greece's first public university where programmes are taught exclusively in English.